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UNIT TWO

REPORTING STATEMENTS

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Curriculum Development Centre
A. Engage yourself

Look at the picture, and answer
the following questions.
a. Have you ever participated in a
debate competition? If yes, what
was the subject of the debate?

b. Using a single language across
the world is better than using
multiple languages. Do you
agree? Why?
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B. Study time

There has been a debate competition in Gaurishankar Higher Secondary
School. Amrit Timilsina is the Master of Ceremonies (MC). Karma and Kabita
are the speakers in the ¿nal round of the debate.

Read the transcriptions of the debate below, and note some important
points Karma and Kabita presented to support their opinion.

For the motion: Using a single language is better than multiple languages

Mr. Chairperson, respected teachers, and friends!
I would like to thank Mr. Timilsina for giving me an opportunity to express my
opinion on the burning issue ‘the fewer the languages there are, the easier the
life will be’. Every year, several languages die out. Some people think that life
will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world. I support this view.
As we know, the development of recent technology has a signi¿ cant
role to create a global village. People from any part of the world can
communicate easily through the Internet. Due to the international importance of
the English language, most people are reluctant to use their ¿rst language and

are learning English. This shows that people prefer learning the language that
helps them to communicate in the global village to their own language.

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